Global inventory of methane clathrate: Sensitivity to changes in the deep ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 185-199

  Buffett, Bruce ^a   Archer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Early diagenesis; Gas hydrates; Global change

Indexed keywords

MECHANISTIC MODEL; METHANE CLATHRATE; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

METHANE;

CARBON CYCLE; CLATHRATE; DIAGENESIS; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 7044224580     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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